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6–9 June – 2024 European Parliament election in Croatia 11 June – A man self-immolates at St. Mark's Square in Zagreb. [8]20 June – A child is killed and three others are injured after an explosive taken by the child from a restricted military zone explodes near Zadar.
* In 2020 there was a change in holidays: June 25 (was Statehood Day until 2019, became Independence Day in 2020) and October 8 (was Independence Day until 2019, became Day of the Croatian Parliament in 2020) changed names and were demoted from public holidays to memorial days (working).
The Advent wreath is adorned with candles, usually three violet or purple and one pink; the pink candle is lit on the Third Sunday of Advent, called "Gaudete Sunday" after the opening word, Gaudete, meaning 'Rejoice', of the entrance antiphon at Mass. Some add a fifth candle (white), known as the "Christ candle", in the middle of the wreath, to ...
Advent Sunday, also called the First Sunday of Advent or First Advent Sunday, is the first day of the liturgical year in the Western Christian Churches and the start of the Christian season of Advent; [1] a time of preparation for the celebration of Christ's birth at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming. Advent Sunday is the ...
Gaudete Sunday (/ ɡ aʊ ˈ d ɛ t ɛ / gow-DET-eh) is the third Sunday of Advent in the liturgical calendar of Western Christianity, including the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, Lutheran churches, and other mainline Protestant churches. It can fall on any date from 11 December to 17 December.
An Advent calendar, from the German word Adventskalender, is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. [1] Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many reusable Advent calendars made of paper or wood begin on December 1.
On January 9, 2003, the mission home and office was relocated to Croatia and became the Croatia Zagreb Mission. [5] In the early 2010s, the Adriatic North Mission headquarters was relocated to Zagreb, Croatia. As of December 2023, the Mission covers missionary efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
On 3 December 2023, after the completion of the constructive and complete renovation, on the first Sunday of Advent, the first mass was celebrated in the parish church. The mass was celebrated and the church was blessed by Msgr. Mijo Gorski, assistant bishop of Zagreb, with the concelebration of Vladimir Magić, pastor and rector of the ...